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subject	book bibliographic info
continence	Poorthuis and Schwartz (2014) 259 Williams (2009) 49, 84, 132, 192, 211, 377 van , t Westeinde (2021) 82, 157, 170, 174, 175, 179, 180, 195, 202 Černušková (2016) 304, 332
continence, continentia,	Nisula (2012) 40, 43, 46, 53, 182, 183, 185, 186, 222, 223, 283, 286, 296, 298, 303, 304, 307
continence, enkrateia	Lieu (2004) 203, 206, 209
continence, within marriage	Černušková (2016) 332, 333
continent	Gagné (2020) 314, 336, 339
continent, asia	Hallmannsecker (2022) 45, 46, 47
continents	Papadodima (2022) 6, 140, 141, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149
continents, theory of	Sweeney (2013) 19, 92

List of validated texts:

2 validated results for "continence"

1. Homer, Iliad, 14.321 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • continents • continents , theory of

Found in books: Papadodima (2022) 140; Sweeney (2013) 92

14.321. οὐδʼ ὅτε Φοίνικος κούρης τηλεκλειτοῖο,''. None

14.321. who bare Perseus, pre-eminent above all warriors; nor of the daughter of far-famed Phoenix, that bare me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthys; nor of Semele, nor of Alcmene in Thebes, and she brought forth Heracles, her son stout of heart, ''. None

2. New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 7.1, 7.5, 7.8-7.9, 9.5 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • continence • continence (enkrateia) • marriage, continence within

Found in books: Lieu (2004) 206; van , t Westeinde (2021) 170; Černušková (2016) 332, 333

7.1. Περὶ δὲ ὧν ἐγράψατε, καλὸν ἀνθρώπῳ γυναικὸς μὴ ἅπτεσθαι·
7.5. μὴ ἀποστερεῖτε ἀλλήλους, εἰ μήτι ἂν ἐκ συμφώνου πρὸς καιρὸν ἵνα σχολάσητε τῇ προσευχῇ καὶ πάλιν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἦτε, ἵνα μὴ πειράζῃ ὑμᾶς ὁ Σατανᾶς διὰ τὴν ἀκρασίαν ὑμῶν.
7.8. Λέγω δὲ τοῖς ἀγάμοις καὶ ταῖς χήραις, καλὸν αὐτοῖς ἐὰν μείνωσιν ὡς κἀγώ· 7.9. εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἐγκρατεύονται, γαμησάτωσαν, κρεῖττον γάρ ἐστιν γαμεῖν ἢ πυροῦσθαι.
9.5. μὴ οὐκ ἔχομεν ἐξουσίαν ἀδελφὴν γυναῖκα περιάγειν, ὡς καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ Κηφᾶς;''. None

7.1. Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it isgood for a man not to touch a woman.' "
7.5. Don't deprive one another, unless it is by consent for aseason, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may betogether again, that Satan doesn't tempt you because of your lack ofself-control." '
7.8. But I sayto the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain evenas I am.' "7.9. But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. Forit's better to marry than to burn." '
9.5. Have we noright to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of theapostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?''. None

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